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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager virtual appliance component is vulnerable to denial of service (CVE-2021-38951)

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Summary

IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager virtual appliance component has addressed the following denial of service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-38951
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 211405.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211405 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager virtual appliance componentVersions up to 10.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Fix Availability
IBM Security Verify Governance, Identity Manager virtual appliance component10.0.1 10.0.1.0-ISS-ISVG-IMVA-FP0000

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

23 Mar 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
23 March 2022

UID

ibm16565759